African refugee sentenced to nine years in toddler's death in Manitoba

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. - An extremely violent upbringing in a war-torn African country is no excuse for a refugee's brutal efforts to "discipline" a two-year-old boy he was supposed to help raise, says a Manitoba judge.

Beyan Dunnoh Clarke recently pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the February 2006 death of his one-time girlfriend's son, Alfred Sirleaf.

An autopsy revealed the boy had more than 100 bruises on his little body. His eyes showed evidence of extreme dehydration. His urine was the colour of Coca-Cola, a symptom of kidney damage.

N.B. It's so unfair that most aboriginal killers, by way of contrast, only get 2 years or less for murder. Dey's bein 'scriminated 'gainst